When Foreclosure Threaten: Can You Afford to Keep Your Home? Part 4a — NMBankruptcyBlog.com

Foreclosure rates are as alarming as unemployment rates. Deciding what to do if your home is threatened in this way is a severe test of maturity. We don’t want to lose what is usually both our biggest financial investment and, truly, our safety and refuge.

Many folks face foreclosure because their income has substantially decreased since first buying their home. Some were counting on the house’s value to increase, allowing them to replace an unfavorable mortgage with a more affordable one. Regardless of the reason for your troubles, before you decide to try to keep the home or move, you must determine if you can truly afford your current loan, or a refinanced loan. If you can’t, it may be time to let your home go.

There are several good ways to make this determination. Choose the one that works best for your situation, or use a few methods.

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